Last year 08, while the bank crashed, CEO Ken Lewis made $6,019 an hour. Taxpayers are backing Bank of America with $199.2 billion .
According to a recent report by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Bank of America issued $3.33 billion in cash and stock bonuses to executives in 2008, despite receiving $45 billion in bailout funds.
Merrill Lynch, which merged with BofA in January, issued $3.6 billion in bonuses despite having losses of more than $27 billion
